GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (4 Viewers)

[GroveDiesel]

I'm working out of the back of a van while it's 86 degrees with moderate humidity. Eat a bag of free van candy.

 

[RC94]

I happen to live in a van.  It's down by the river.

 

[General Malaise]

Coincidentally, the same temperature GM would be willing to give up his slanket.

Would it be a crime to keep the A/C here at something reasonable, like 74?  Why does it have to be 69 and always cranked?  Are these guys going through menapause?  

 

[kevzilla]

Andropause, but you're on a roll.

 

[General Malaise]

Andropause, but you're on a roll.

They're not robots, Kevin.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Andropause, but you're on a roll.

you know, if GM paused once in a while he could fly into Detroit like a normal person instead of worrying about that packed car.

 

[kevzilla]

Changed my work schedule so I could get a half-hour in the pool at lunch. But because of the sun I absorbed and the exercise, I'm now sweating like a hoooor in church even though I'm inside.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Albinopause?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

My office and house temperatures are usually pretty well maintained at a nice 70-72 degrees Fahrenheit.   My home gas / electric bill often makes me wonder if I should just let the family suffer through the elements while I'm at work though 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Changed my work schedule so I could get a half-hour in the pool at lunch. But because of the sun I absorbed and the exercise, I'm now sweating like a hoooor in church even though I'm inside.

Exercise is the worst 

 

[General Malaise]

you know, if GM paused once in a while he could fly into Detroit like a normal person instead of worrying about that packed car.

Though I've been fixed for nearly two years, I STILL have mental issues over sexy time with wife.  It's not Mr. Softie and it's not 3 & out like the Browns offense, but I'm mortified that the roads reconnected down on Scrotum Ave and we'll have another kid......or two.  It's really a miserable way to live.  Almost as bad as sitting in an office where it's 69 frigging degrees.

 

[RC94]

Though I've been fixed for nearly two years, I STILL have mental issues over sexy time with wife.  It's not Mr. Softie and it's not 3 & out like the Browns offense, but I'm mortified that the roads reconnected down on Scrotum Ave and we'll have another kid......or two.  It's really a miserable way to live.  Almost as bad as sitting in an office where it's 69 frigging degrees.

You should try living in a van down by the river

 

[General Malaise]

My office and house temperatures are usually pretty well maintained at a nice 70-72 degrees Fahrenheit.   My home gas / electric bill often makes me wonder if I should just let the family suffer through the elements while I'm at work though 

One nice thing about living here...my gas bill and my electric bill are $73ish each each month.  I do equal pay. 

 

[RC94]

Exercise is the worst 

I’m so out of shape, when I die they can donate my body to science fiction.

 

[General Malaise]

You should try living in a van down by the river

Does this van or river come with myriad kids?  If not, I think I'm up for it.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I’m so out of shape, when I die they can donate my body to science fiction.

with all due respect, every once in a while my spidey senses start making me think you're :rorain: rebooted

 

[RC94]

Does this van or river come with myriad kids?  If not, I think I'm up for it.

Nope, in fact I think it would be a repellant for that. 

 

[Limp Ditka]

Does this van or river come with myriad kids?  If not, I think I'm up for it.

And if it does, at least there's more room than in the car.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

One nice thing about living here...my gas bill and my electric bill are $73ish each each month.  I do equal pay. 

Mine are combined but like $250 a month total 

This year I think I hadn't about 1 week where I didn't need the heat or the AC

 

[RC94]

with all due respect, every once in a while my spidey senses start making me think you're :rorain: rebooted

Not him.  I have been around here forever, just haven't been very active for the past several years until about 6 months ago when I decided to come back.

 

[El Floppo]

must be nice living by a river.

 

[General Malaise]

Mine are combined but like $250 a month total 

This year I think I hadn't about 1 week where I didn't need the heat or the AC

Buddy in Austin, TX bought a big ol' house a few years back.  Asked him what it costs to keep it cool.  $400-500 a month. 

 

[General Malaise]

must be nice living by a river.

Camping by a river is one of my great joys in life.  Back when we just had two kids, we did that several times a summer.  So many great little rivers within an hour or more from our house.  So relaxing.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Buddy in Austin, TX bought a big ol' house a few years back.  Asked him what it costs to keep it cool.  $400-500 a month. 

I know people whose PG&E bills are $700 in the summer. Of course they have pools so that adds a lot.

During the cooler months, bills drop down to maybe $100+.

 

[RC94]

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/matt-foley-van-down-by-the-river/3505931?snl=1

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Camping by a river is one of my great joys in life.  Back when we just had two kids, we did that several times a summer.  So many great little rivers within an hour or more from our house.  So relaxing.

We used to get tubes and a case of beer and go for a leisurely float down the river.   Usually took 3-4 hours and came out good and drunk. 

 

[General Malaise]

We used to get tubes and a case of beer and go for a leisurely float down the river.   Usually took 3-4 hours and came out good and drunk. 

Reminds me of this:

 

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI - They left for what they thought would be an easy float down Muskegon River Tuesday afternoon - but ended up spending the night on the river bank, scared and yelling for help.

The trio of young women were rescued 20 hours later after a fisherman eventually heard their cries, said Muskegon Township Deputy Fire Chief Bob Grabinski.

The women, all in their 20s, had never been tubing before and decided it would be a fun thing to do, Grabinski said. So  they bought some tubes and headed to the popular launch site at the Maple Island Road bridge, Grabinski said.

"They were informed by somebody at the bridge that the river goes in a circle and if they put in there they would come back to their car," he said. "Not knowing anything, they set off on their little adventure."

Did they ever find that hero of a man who told them the river went in a circle?

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

We used to get tubes and a case of beer and go for a leisurely float down the river.   Usually took 3-4 hours and came out good and drunk. 

Tubing on the Kern used to be pretty popular.  This year? Thanks to the wet winter the river is killing people.

 

[heckmanm]

Just remembered something for @krista4's depressed mood: WeRateDogs.  Limited shtick range, but well done and a worthy heir to doge IMO.

 

[El Floppo]

We used to get tubes and a case of beer and go for a leisurely float down the river.   Usually took 3-4 hours and came out good and drunk. 

Tubing on the Kern used to be pretty popular.  This year? Thanks to the wet winter the river is killing people.

used to do this on the esopus... usually mild to drunk there.

 

[Limp Ditka]

We'd be lake folk. Pontoon pulled up to the sandbar, stereo turned up to 11, knee deep in the water, crappy, mass produced american lager in a koozie.

 

[Hawks64]

We'd be lake folk. Pontoon pulled up to the sandbar, stereo turned up to 11, knee deep in the water, crappy, mass produced american lager in a koozie.

to everything but the crappy beer.

 

[krista4]

Just remembered something for @krista4's depressed mood: WeRateDogs.  Limited shtick range, but well done and a worthy heir to doge IMO.

Oh, I've been a heavy user of WeRateDogs for a long time.  I say "They're good _______, Brent" a lot more than I should, and I'm even a proud owner of one of the "Covfefe AF" hats the guy got in trouble for.

Baltimore update:  last night's hotel dinner gave me food poisoning.

 

[Limp Ditka]

to everything but the crappy beer.

If I'm going to be out there all afternoon, after drinking bloody marys all morning, and intending on going to the bar after dinner, some sacrifices have to be made.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

yikes.....sorry, k4

 

[Hawks64]

If I'm going to be out there all afternoon, after drinking bloody marys all morning, and intending on going to the bar after dinner, some sacrifices have to be made.

Founder's All Day?

 

[General Malaise]

Founder's All Day?

Bought another 15-pack of Founders All Day cans for $16.99.  Hell of a deal and as good as Oregon IPAs IMO.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Bought another 15-pack of Founders All Day cans for $16.99.  Hell of a deal and as good as Oregon IPAs IMO.

A buddy of mine and his family are up in Sunriver right now celebrating his parents' 50th anniversary.  He posted pics from the Deshoots brew pub in Bend yesterday.  *******.

 

[Sammy3469]

must be nice living by a river.

I hear the East River is nice this time of year.

 

[Henry Ford]

The classroom I'm was the same classroom where I took 11th grade geometry back when I was in HS*.  The A/C does a good job if the temps are in the low 100s.  Once it hits 105 or so it starts to give up around noon.  Yesterday it was barely able to keep the room below 82F.

*Is it made of adobe? Sod?  

Who built it? The same slaves that build the pyramids?

Instead of a blackboard did the teacher just paint on the cave walls?

I thought Euclid didn't invent geometry until 300BC?

Those are all really good.  What was Euclid like as a teacher?

 

[heckmanm]

Oh, I've been a heavy user of WeRateDogs for a long time.  I say "They're good _______, Brent" a lot more than I should, and I'm even a proud owner of one of the "Covfefe AF" hats the guy got in trouble for.

Baltimore update:  last night's hotel dinner gave me food poisoning.

I recently discovered them via the "Reply All" podcast, where they discussed the Covfefe controversy.

 

[General Malaise]

A buddy of mine and his family are up in Sunriver right now celebrating his parents' 50th anniversary.  He posted pics from the Deshoots brew pub in Bend yesterday.  *******.

If he rolls through Redmond for any reason, tell him to check out Wild Ride Brewery.  

 

[El Floppo]

I hear the East River is nice this time of year.

oh sure... hudson river guy needs to kick a guy.

 

[kevzilla]

Those are all really good.  What was Euclid like as a teacher?

Tanner used to go tubing on the Euphrates, when he wasn't teaching cuneiform in summer school.

 

[tommyboy]

Would it be a crime to keep the A/C here at something reasonable, like 74?  Why does it have to be 69 and always cranked?  Are these guys going through menapause?  

The blanky will help. Have you tried a binky as well?

 

[GroveDiesel]

Tanner used to go tubing on the Euphrates, when he wasn't teaching cuneiform in summer school.

Bet he was a mess when Moses turned it into blood.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Those are all really good.  What was Euclid like as a teacher?

Obtuse

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Tanner used to go tubing on the Euphrates, when he wasn't teaching cuneiform in summer school.

Come on. You can't piggyback on my own self-deprecation.

 

[Sammy3469]

Bob...WTH is this thing:

St. Louis-style pizza is a distinct type of pizza popular in the Midwestern American city of St. Louis, Missouri[1] and surrounding areas. The definitive characteristics of St. Louis-style pizza are a very thin cracker like crust made without yeast, the common (but not universal) use of Provel processed cheese, and pizzas cut into squares or rectangles instead of wedges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis-style_pizza

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Bob...WTH is this thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis-style_pizza

St. Louis-style pizza is a distinct type of pizza popular in the Midwestern American city of St. Louis, Missouri[1] and surrounding areas. The definitive characteristics of St. Louis-style pizza are a very thin cracker like crust made without yeast, the common (but not universal) use of Provel processed cheese, and pizzas cut into squares or rectangles instead of wedges.

HTH